Check-protector.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.-

E. OCUMPAUGH.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION TILED FEB. 27. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1803.

EDMUND OCUMPAUGH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CHECK-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 734,932, dated July 281965;.

Application filed February 27, 1903. Serial No. 145,432. (No model.) i

To all wit/mt it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDMUND OCUMPAUGH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the State of New York, have invented anImproved Check-Protector, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in check-protectors bywhich their construction is simplified andcheapened and their range ofapplication increased.

My improvements are fully described and illustrated in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, the novel features thereofbeing specified in the claim annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, representing my improved check-protector,Figure l is a front view. Fig. 2 is a side View. Fig. 3 is a plan Viewof the frame and type-drums. Fig. 4 is a vertical section. Fig. 5 is aninverted view.

My improved check-protector consists, essentially, of the frame A, thetwo independently-rotatable type-drums B and O, the movable platen D,and the separate inking-rollers R and S. The frame is made ofanysuitable shape and dimensions, being provided with an arm H, in whichthe stem I of the platen slides, being normally held in the elevatedposition by any suitable spring, such as J. The check or other similarinstrument to be protected is placed between the platen and thetype-drums, being forced against the type by pressure on the knob K onthe upper end of the stem of the platen. The words or characters to beimpressed on the paper are determined by the positions of thetype-drums, which are set forany particular case by means of the indexeddials L and N on the ends of the frame. The type-drums are supported bythe shaft M, which passes entirely through the drum C and enters butturns freely in the drum B, the drum being fastened to the shaft M by aset-screw or other similar device. The drum B is fastened to the shaft0, which passes a short distance into the drum. The indexed collars ordials are fastened on the outer ends of the shafts M and O, and they areprovided with pointers P, attached to the frame, and with springs Q,

which hold them and the drums in any position to which they may havebeen set.

In order to adapt my improved check-protector to use on checks ordraftswithincrease l accuracy, I provide the left-hand drum B with a series ofwords running continuously from Not over one to Not over twenty, andthen running to Not over one hundred by 20, 50, &c. The right-hand drumis provided with the word Dollar or its mark and with lines of typeindicating one, two, 850., dollars up to nine and then with theprincipal subdivisions of one hundred, after which the drum showsvarious subdivisions of one thousand, and it may indicate highernumbers. I These words and characters are arranged on both drums inprogressive order. Ialso place on the left-hand drum figures runningfrom l to 90, indicating one hundred by C, and on the right-hand drumcharacters and figurescorresponding to the words, indicating one thousand'by M. The drums are provided with longitudinal slots into which thetype, which may be made by the electrotype process, are inserted. Thepreferred arrangement of the words and characters on the drum isrepresented by the following example:

1 Not over one Dollars $3 3 2 Not over two One dollars 1 3 Not overthree Two dollars s; 2 4 Not over four Three dollars .5; 3

l 5 Not over five Four dollars 4 6 Not over six Five dollars 53 5 7 Notover seven Six dollars $5 6 8 Not over eight Seven dollars 5S 7 9 Notover nine Eight dollars S5 8 10 Not or'er ten Nine dollars $3 9 11 Notover eleven Twenty-five dols S 25 12 Not over twelve Fifty dollars 5s 5013 Not over thirteen Seventy-five dols 75 14 Not over fourteen Hundred53 C 15 Not over fifteen Hundred ten SS 010 16 Not over sixteen Hundredtwenty C 17 Not over seventeen Hundred thirty 33 C 18 Not over eighteenHundred forty C 10 Not over nineteen Hundred fifty C 20 Not over twentyHundred sixty $5 060 30 Not over thirty Hundred seventy C70 40 Not overforty Hundred eighty SS CS0 50 Not over fifty Hundred ninety 58 C90 60Not over sixty Two hund fifty 250 Not over seventy Five hundred 5C Notover eighty Seven hund fifty S 750 Not over ninety Thousand $3 M 0 Notover one hund. Hund thousand 53 OM words or characters on one of thedrums may be alined with any of the words or characters on the other andthat thus a wide range of adaptability, with increased accuracy, isproduced by my improvements. Thus every number between one and onehundred may be impressed on the paper, and between one hundred and twohundred the system progresses by tens, and it is a matter of commonopposite each other under the platen, when the platen would be forcedagainst the paper and Not over ninety dollars, print-ed thereon. For acheck of ninety-one dollars the second line from the top on drum 0 wouldbe employed, and so on. I prefer to use one or more dollar-marks afterthe words on the right-hand drum.

In order to provide for inking the type as the drums are turned, Iprovide the inkingrollers R and S, which revolve independently of eachother on the shaft T, supported by the pivoted bar U. The rollers arepressed against the type on the drums by a suitable spring, such as V.The barU is provided with arms, which are pivoted to the inside of theframe on the rod W. The rollers are separated on the same line as thedrums, so that each drum has its special inking device. The rollers areso placed relative to the drn ms that they serve to center the type onthe drums and bring them in the proper line under the platen. When anygiven line of type is central under the platen, the roller on thecorresponding drum comes between two of the rows of projecting type onthe lower side of the drum and to a'certain degree holds the drum fromrevolving.

The limiting words not over may have various substitutes or they may beomitted entirely. The columns of figures at right and left in theexample may be left ofi of the drums. One of the supporting-shafts maybe turned down and pass into a hole in the other.

Various other changes or substitutions may be made in my improvedcheck-protector without departure from the principles herein described.

Instead of being inserted in lines in the drums the type may be made inone piece wrapped around the drum.

I claim- In a printer, the combination of a frame provided with anextension terminating in an overhanging perforated portion, a stemterminating in a knob passing through said perforated portion, a platencarried by said stem, a spring surrounding said stern,independently-rotatable type-drums in said casing, a shaft supportingboth of said drums and having one of said drums attached thereto, asecond shaft surrounding said first- ,named shaft to which said seconddrum is at Witnesses:

GEORGE A. GILLETTE, GEORGE B. SELDEN.

